Loading apparatus.



F. E. ANDERSON.

LOADING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED mum, 1911.

1,009,033. 1 Patnted Nov. 21, 1911.

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F. E. ANDERSON.

LOADING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED r2113, 1911.

1,009,033. Patented Nov.21, 1911.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

Application filed. February 3, 1911. Serial No. 606,381.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED E. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Osage City, in the county of Osage and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Loading Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates toapparatus for loading manure, dirt, et'c., intovehicles, which class of apparatus usually comprises a frame under whicha wagon may be driven, and a carrier, with devices for lifting thecarrier from the ground and for dumping its contents into the wagon.

It is the object of my invention to improve generally upon such.apparatus; to provide a simple, efiicient, and durable apparatus of thisclass; to provide for the simple operation of the apparatus; to providea simple, eflicient and powerful means for lifting the carrier; toprovide a simple and eflicient means for securing and for dumping thecarrier; and to provide the parts, improvements, and combinationshereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, andin the description of the drawings, I have shown my invention in itspreferred form, and have shown what I deem. to be the best mode ofapplying the principles thereof; but it is to be understood that, withinthe scope of the appended claims, I contemplate changes in form,proportions, and materials, the transposition of parts, and thesubstitution of equivalent members, without depafting from the spirit ofmy invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a loading apparatus made in accordance withthe principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken ona plane indicated approximately by the line 2 of Fig. 1, certain of theparts being shown in section. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the frame;Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the mechanism for dumping the carrier.Fig. 5 is a view of the other side of the same. Fig. 6 is an enlargedsectional View of parts of the carrier on a plane indicated by the line6 in Fig. 2. 7 is a view of the dump mechanism taken on a planeindicated by the line 7 of Fig. 4.

Similar reference characters indicate like or corresponding partsthroughout the several views.

The numerals 8 indicate the four corner posts of the frame, each two ofwhich are connected at the bottom by a beam 9 and at the top by a beam10.

11, 11 are two beams which connect the end frames at the top.

12, 12 are braces placed in each end frame, and each end frame ispivoted to the beams 11 at 13.

14: are braces which are bolted to the beams 11 and the posts, to holdthe entire frame in rigid upright position, and 15, 15 are a number ofiron or steel straps which serve to brace the frame at the uppercorners.

16 is a shaft mounted on the frame, preferably in bearings on the beams11, and 17 is a power drum mounted on the shaft.

18 is a suitable cable wrapped around the drum and passing down under apulley 19 secured to the adjacent corner post, said cable being providedwith one or two hooks 20 at its end. The purpose of these hooks is: theone .being for attaching the draft horses thereto, and the other beingfor the purpose of securing the cable when the load is suspended as willhereinafter be explained, as by securing it to a stake in the ground tohold the load suspended after the horses are detached from the cable.

21, 21 are four cables wrapped around the shaft in the directionopposite to that in which the cable 18 is wrapped around the drum, sothat as the cable 18 is unwound from the drum the cables 21 will bewound up on the shaft, and vice versa. Each of the cables 21. isprovided with a hook 22 at its end, which is adapted to engage with aring 23, there being one such ring at each of the four corners of thecarrier 24. Two of the corners are under the shaft 16, so that two ofthe cables 21 pass directly down from the shaft thereto. while the othertwo cables pass over the pulleys 21' which are secured to thecross-beams 10 and located above the other two corners respectively.

The main part of the carrier comprises the ends 25, 25, between whichextend the bottom and sides, which are made in two parts 27, 27, eachpart comprising one side and one-half the bottom, and each part ispivoted to the ends at 26, as shown, so that when released a loadthereon would be dumped downwardly between the two parts. At each innercorner of each part is a rod 28, to which is attached one end of a cable29. These cables pass upwardly over the pulleys 30, respectively, andthence to one side where they are wound around the opposite ends of theshaft 31, which is mounted in the ends of the carrier outside the parts27 and which is provided with a crank 32 by which the cables may bewound thereon to lift and close the parts 27. On the shaft 31,preferably just inside one of the ends 25, is mounted a friction wheel33, encircling which is a friction brake band 34, one end of which issecured to a pin 35, and the other end of which is secured to an arm 36which is secured to a rod 37 which extends through the end 25 and isturned down, as shown at 38 on the opposite side of the end 25. Securedto the arm 38 is a spring 39 whose tension is in such direction as totighten the band 34 on the wheel 33 and is strong enough to keep theparts 27 in closed position even with a load in the carrier.

40 is a strap iron forming an outer bearing for the pin 35 and the rod37, and being secured to the end 25 by an offset 41 at its L lower end,and also being properly spaced apart therefrom by the block 42.

43 are protecting shields placed over each end of the carrier, and alsoserve to guide a scraper over the ends; it being contemplated that whenthe carrier is let down on the ground, it may be loaded by such means asscrapers, as well as by any other suitable means.

To lift the carrier, the draft animals are attached to one of the hooks20 to pull the cable 18 off the drum 17, thereby winding the cables 21on the shaft 16 and lifting the carrier. hen the carrier is properlylifted, the cable may be held by the other hook being attached to astake in the ground, and the draft animals may be used for hauling thewagon under the carrier. Then by pushing up on the rod 38 and releasingthe grip of the band 34 from the wheel 33, the carrier will dump itscontents into the wagon, and may be closed by turning the crank 32, towhich action the band 34 will yield. The loaded wagon may be drivenaway, and the carrier lowered to the ground. Of course, the apparatusmay be used in any other way, or any other sequence of operations may beadopted. But I claim that my apparatus affords ease, simplicity, power,and quickness in operation not to be found in any other apparatus ofsimilar nature.

hat I claim is 1. The combination of a frame comprising four cornerposts, a beam connecting each two corner posts at the bottom anddiagonal braces extending from said beam to the corner posts, end beamsto which the corner posts are pivoted at their upper ends, crossbeamsconnecting the end beams above the corner posts, braces connecting thecrossbeams with the end beams, and braces connecting the end-beams withthe corner posts; a shaft mounted in the upper part of the frame, a drumsecured on said shaft, a pulley secured to the lower part of the frameunder the drum, a cable wound upon the drum and passing thence throughsaid pulley, two hooks secured to said cable at its free end; fourcables wound around the shaft in a direction opposite to the winding ofthe first-named cable on the drum, a hook on the end of each of saidfour cables, pulleys secured to the upper part of the frame for carryingtwo of said four cables; a carrier comprising two ends to which saidfour cables are secured, and a bottom and two sides, the bottom andsides being made in two parts, each part consisting of one side andone-half of the bottom, and each part being pivoted to said ends; ashaft with a crank mounted in said ends, cables wound upon said shaftand secured to said bottom parts for lifting and closing them; and afriction clutch arranged upon the shaft and capable of holding saidbottom closed with a load thereon.

2. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination with a carrierhaving ends and sides and a drop bottom, a cable for lifting and closingthe bottom, a shaft mounted in the ends for operating the cable, a wheelmounted on the shaft adjacent to one end, a band encircling said wheeland secured to the carrier end at one of the band ends, a rod extendingthrough the carrier end, an arm secured to said rod adjacent the wheel,and one of the band ends being secured to said arm, and the rod beingturned at substantially right angles on the side opposite the wheel, anda spring secured to said rod tending normally to tighten the bandagainst the wheel and capable of thereby holding the bottom closed witha load in the carrier.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FRED E. ANDERSON. Witnesses:

FRANK CURRY, C. J. RosEN.

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